31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day,(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)This passage concerning the piercing of Christ’s side after his death is recorded only by this evangelist. I. Observe the superstition of the Jews, which occasioned it (John 19:31): Because it was the preparation for the sabbath, and that sabbath day , because it fell in the passover-week, was a high day , that they might show a veneration for the sabbath, they would not have the dead bodies to re…
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